Word Meanings - RETREAD - Book Publishers vocabulary database
To tread again.
Related words: (words related to RETREAD)
- AGAINSTAND
To withstand. - AGAINSAY
To gainsay. Wyclif. - AGAIN
again; on + geán, akin to Ger. gegewn against, Icel. gegn. Cf. 1. In return, back; as, bring us word again. 2. Another time; once more; anew. If a man die, shall he live again Job xiv. 14. 3. Once repeated; -- of quantity; as, as large again, - TREADBOARD
See 5 - TREADFOWL
A cock. Chaucer. - TREADMILL
A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt. - TREAD
tredan, D. & LG. treden, G. treten, OHG. tretan, Icel. tro, Sw. tråda, träda, Dan. træde, Goth. trudan, and perhaps ultimately to F. 1. To set the foot; to step. Where'er you tread, the blushing flowers shall rise. Pope. Fools rush in where - AGAINST
1. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over. Jacob saw the angels of God come against him. Tyndale. 2. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in - AGAIN; AGAINS
Against; also, towards . Albeit that it is again his kind. Chaucer. - TREADLE
The chalaza of a bird's egg; the tread. (more info) 1. The part of a foot lathe, or other machine, which is pressed or moved by the foot. - AGAINWARD
Back again. - AGAINBUY
To redeem. Wyclif. - TREADWHEEL
A wheel turned by persons or animals, by treading, climbing, or pushing with the feet, upon its periphery or face. See Treadmill. - TREAD-SOFTLY
Spurge nettle. See under Nettle. - TREADER
One who treads. Isa. xvi. 10. - THEREAGAIN
In opposition; against one's course. If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer. - OVERTREAD
To tread over or upon. - RETREAD
To tread again. - MISTREADING
Misstep; misbehavior. "To punish my mistreadings." Shak. - UNTREAD
To tread back; to retrace. Shak. - FORTREAD
To tread down; to trample upon. In hell shall they be all fortroden of devils. Chaucer.